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Selby Big Local Small Grants: Big Ideas
Background information
Small Grants: Big Ideas is a funding pot for community groups in Selby delivered by
Selby Big Local.
Selby Big Local is a Big Lottery funded community initiative, working to build grassroots community activity and make Selby an even better place to live. A key aim of
Selby Big Local puts the local community, and most importantly residents, firmly into
the driving seat allowing them to identify local needs, take action and make a
difference.
We focus particularly on the Abbots and Flaxley Road estates, with a link up across
the town centre of Selby (see map below).
Over the coming months and years we will be working with other local people living
in these areas to deliver new and exciting projects that respond to the needs of
people living in these communities. We see the Small Grants: Big Ideas funding pot
as an opportunity to give back to some of the fantastic community groups working in
Selby and also to support residents with new ideas to bring them to life.
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The aim of the Small Grants initiative is to help the Selby Big Local area to become
an even better place to live by supporting residents to develop projects which
address Selby Big Local’s four vision areas. These four vision areas are:
Community Involvement and Participation
“To see greater community ownership and participation, where people are better
connected, contributing to the community and invested in where they live.”
Opportunities for Young People
“To work with young people to create improved life chances and support them to
achieve their ambitions.”
Health and Wellbeing
“For people of all ages living in Selby to feel emotionally and physically well and to
live happy, healthy and fulfilling lives.”
Employment, Skills and Training
“For improved access to a range of training, learning and development opportunities
for both young people and adults, so they can take positive steps in achieving their
full potential”
To read the full Selby Big Local Community Action Plan you can download the full
document from www.selbybiglocal.org.uk
Funding criteria: who can apply?
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Any community group, voluntary sector organisation, Social Enterprise or
individual living within the Selby Big Local area can apply.
Residents of any age living within the Selby Big Local area can apply.
Only one application per group, organisation or individual can be made at any
time.
Applicants who have previously received funding from Small Grants may
apply again, but priority may be given to first time applicants. In this instance
Groups should not propose repetitions of previous projects. Any new
application should put forward a new project or suggest how additional
funding will help to further develop the existing project based on the outcomes
and lessons learnt from last year’s work.
Successful applicants will be expected to provide receipts of all expenditure.
Applicants must be prepared to sign an agreement with Selby Big Local that
states they will use the money as agreed in the application.
All proposed projects must seek to address at least one of Selby Big Local’s
vision areas listed above.
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Successful applicants will be asked to feedback on their actions and
outcomes to the Selby Big Local Steering Group. Successful applicants will be
given more information about this requirement
What and how much can be applied for?
What
Awards for individuals
Grants for groups
Who
Applications made by
individuals/residents with at least two
resident signatures from the Selby Big
Local area, supported by a local
organisation if required.
Applications made by a group or
individuals/residents with at least two
resident signatures from the Selby Big
Local area, supported or in partnership
with a local organisation if required.
How much
Up to £500
Up to £500
How to apply:
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You can download the form from our website – www.selbybiglocal.org.uk or
request a copy from our Locally Trusted Organisation Selby AVS, Community
House, Portholme Road, Selby. YO8 4QQ or you can contact our Community
Development Worker Ruth Tiernan on 07847 769530 or via email
[email protected]
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Please note if you are applying as an individual you will require a supporting
organisation to hold the funds on your behalf. If you need help in finding a
supporting organisation you can contact Ruth Tiernan at the above details.
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We are looking for projects of all shapes and sizes and will always be happy
to support you to make an application. To request help with your application
contact Ruth Tiernan for help in developing your Big Idea and to request help
in writing your application.
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Two residents from the Selby Big Local area must sign and support the
application.
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Small Grants: Big Ideas Application Process:
1) Following on from each funding round, details of Small Grants will be posted
on the Selby Big Local website, Facebook page and within the local press
inviting organisations and residents within the Selby Big Local area to apply.
2) Applications will be acknowledged via email within 7 days of being received.
3) The panel will receive all applications within 2 days of the funding round
deadline for consideration.
4) The panel will meet to consider applications within 2 weeks of the closing date
of each funding round (please check the Selby Big Local website for exact
dates). Please also see ‘How decisions are made’ section within this
application form.
5) The panel will write via post within 14 days of the panel meeting to each
applicant outlining the panel’s decision and the reasons for this decision. For
successful applicants, the panel will outline the next stages within the letter.
For unsuccessful applicants, they will be offered support via the Selby Big
Local Community Development Worker to look at how to strengthen their bid
for the future.
Successful Applications
1) Selby Big Local will contact the 2 residents and the supporting organisation to
confirm their support in the project. (If unable to contact either of the residents
within 7 calendar days, the Community Development Worker will contact the
original applicant and it then becomes their responsibility to contact the
residents and signpost them to contact the Community Development Worker
directly within a further 7 calendar days.) (If the two residents cannot be
contacted within the specified timescale the application becomes invalid.)
2) Selby Big Local will ask the successful applicants to provide copies of all
relevant insurance documents, where possible (if not applying for assistance
to cover this cost) and a copy of your organisation/group’s most recent
accounts or 3 most recent bank statements. However if your group have been
set up for less than 3 months, proof of a bank account will suffice.
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3) Once these documents have been received, the Small Grants: Big Ideas
panel will instruct our Local Trusted Organisation, Selby AVS to arrange the
payment within 28 days of receiving the documents.
4) Decisions are made and announced publically on the Selby Big Local website
within 4 weeks of the end of each funding round.
5) Successful applicants will be asked to submit a brief report at the end of the
project within 6 months of the money being received. The report must show a
benefit to the Selby Big Local area and its residents.
Please note that successful applicants will be asked to sign a Publicity Permission
Slip for use of photos for Selby Big Local’s publicity purposes. The award of the
money will be made on the condition that the Selby Big Local logo is used on any
publicity materials relating to the project and Selby Big Local must be acknowledged
within any press release or related media correspondence.
Funding Rounds
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The Small Grants scheme will run throughout 2016/2017. Applications are
welcome at any time in this period and will be assessed by the panel on a
rolling basis.
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The panel reserves the right not to spend the full amount of funding within
each round and are able to carry over any underspend to the next round.
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Applicants, whether successful or not in a previous round, may submit an
application within a future round.
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Time sensitive applications can be considered and approved by the Selby Big
Local Small Grants panel via email. Please contact us if your application is of
this nature.
How decisions are made:
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Applications are submitted to a panel of people living locally within the Selby
Big Local area.
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The panel will judge applications on an individual basis focusing on whether
the application meets Selby Big Local’s priorities, aims and principles and
whether the project shows a demonstrable benefit to Selby Big Local
residents. The panel will also judge applications on its originality and
creativity.
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The panel reserve the right to defer the decision of any application to the next
funding round on receipt of additional information. Applicants will again be
informed of this decision within 2 weeks of the end of each funding round in
writing.
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Announcement of those successful will be made within 2 weeks of the end of
each funding round.
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If your application is successful we may ask you for further details about you
and/or your group/organisation so that we can be satisfied that any funding is
made in the public interest and in the interest of the Selby Big Local area. Our
award conditions are set out within the guidance notes to this application
form.
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Selby Big Local Small Grants Application Form
Please read the accompanying guidance notes before applying
Q1. Names of those applying and contact details for 2 residents from the Selby Big
Local area that will support the application, with email and phone numbers if
possible.
Organisation name (if applicable):
Name of main contact:
Address:
Email:
Phone:
Resident name:
Resident name:
Address:
Address:
Email:
Email:
Phone:
Phone:
Signed:
Signed:
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Q2. How much funding will you be applying for and which funding do you wish to
apply for (either project or running costs)
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Q3. What is your Big Idea? Please tell us in no more than 500 words about your
project idea including timescales.
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Q4. It is important that local people will benefit from your proposed project. Please
indicate how you will ensure that local people living in the Selby Big Local area
(indicated on the map on page 2) are benefiting or will benefit from your proposed
project.
Q5. It is important to us that all projects funded as part of the Small Grants: Big Ideas
initiative meet at least one of our four priority areas as set out on page three. Please
indicate which of these priorities your project will seek to respond to and how your
group/project will go about doing this.
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Q6. Your community group does not need to be a constituted group however, if your
community group does not have its own bank account, please illustrate that you
have a pre-established agreement with an organisation who is willing to hold the
funds on your behalf
Please briefly describe your organisation (or your supporting organisation) and the
activities they carry out within the Selby Big Local area. Please provide us with
contact details for this organisation.
Please note if you are a fully constituted group please provide a copy of your
constitution when submitting your application. Please also include a bank statement
from your organisation/group when submitting your application. If your community
group is not constituted we will contact your supporting organisation direct to request
this information.
Funding is only available to groups who operate on a non-for-profit basis. Any
projects funded as part of the Small Grants: Big Ideas initiative should also operate
on this basis. Please illustrate how your group and proposed project matches these
criteria.
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Q7. Financial Details
Please provide a breakdown of project costs in relation to the grant you are applying
for:
Item
Amount
Total £
Date of application ……………………………………………
Signed by……………………………………………..............
Please return completed application:
By email to [email protected] or a hard copy to Selby Big Local, C/O Ruth
Tiernan Selby Big Local, Community House, Portholme Road, Selby, YO8 4QQ.
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